It’s early days. Willing to bet most went through the centralised route to acquire bitcoin. But it does largely depend on the individual and what they do/learn from then on. What do you propose is the best way to onboard users to make them appreciate the value of freedom money?
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It's best to transmit your leanerd experiences and make them avoid the same mistakes: shitcoins, exchanges, kyc, defi, yield, custodial LN, etc.
I know we agree that custodial solutions are not solutions.
Even with the best of intentions, these services may inadvertently become rug-pulls of a sort if they are forced to implement KYC.
That said, I am comfortable keeping a few thousand sats on WoS, purely for zapping others, if it sparks their curiosity and excitement about Bitcoin, Lightning, and freedom tech.
I’d rather hold the door open to have the conversation, offer the guidance, and help them do it right. Again and again, I would choose that.
I do recall hearing that some self-custodial LN services are working on a solution for static Lightning addresses. Hopefully it won’t be long until this debate fades into irrelevance ⚡️🤙
True. Which is why my experience tells me to use an easy-to-use custodial wallet that works in Nostr for tiny sat tips entirely because it just works…for now. And to never hold a significant amount with the likes of WoS etc. Significant bitcoin stacking is a whole different ball park and that indeed needs more transmission of learned experiences.